balk

balkbalk (also baulk British English) /bɔːk, bɔːlk $ bɒːk, bɒːlk/ verb1[intransitive]NOT DO something to not want to do or try something, because it seems difficult, unpleasant, or frighteningbalk atMany people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.Westerners balk at the prospect of snake on the menu.2[intransitive] if a horsebalks at a fence, it stops in front of it and refuses to jump over it3[intransitive] American EnglishDSB in baseball, to stop in the middle of the action of throwing the ball to the player who is trying to hit it4[transitive] formalSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to stop someone or something from getting or achieving what they want→ See Verb table